Africa & Middle East

US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker has seen high deliveries in its US business with a 70% year-on-year increase in the third quarter of its fiscal year 2024, driving 38% quarterly revenue growth.

In 2023, a collective US$1.8 trillion went towards energy transition technologies and their supply chains, including solar PV and other renewable generation, grids, electrified transport and clean tech factories.

Two solar PV plants have been installed in gold mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Mongolia to supply clean energy to their operations.

Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro has been contracted to build a 1.8GWac solar PV project as part of Dubai's Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.

Scatec posted record-high revenues and construction figures over 2023 which it said was facilitated by lower module and BESS prices.

PV Tech spoke with Jinko’s Victor Wei and Wally Zang, Senior IR Director and Technical Service Centre  General Manager respectively, about the company’s investment in TOPCon, its fully vertically integrated plant currently being built in China’s Shanxi province and how it is looking at module products for deployment in offshore solar projects subject to hail conditions.

Sonia Dunlop and Alyssa Pek of the Global Solar Council reflect on how solar's inclusion in the COP28 agreement can spur the industry to new growth.

Global renewables capacity will reach 7.3TW by 2028 under existing policies and market conditions, according to the IEA.

A consortium of EDF Renewables and Korea Western Power Corporation (KOWEPO) has reached financial close on a 500MW solar PV plant in the Sultanate of Oman.

Iberdrola says that of the agreed amount €170 million has already been committed to finance onshore wind projects in Poland.